‘Sanctuary’ label obscures actual levels of ICE cooperation across Minnesota

State prisons are in full compliance with ICE on inmate transfer requests, recent data shows, while counties provide various levels of coordination.

By: Ana Radelat and Shadi Bushra

Outlets: MinnPost

Published: January 28, 2026

Words: 1,851

Last Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago

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WASHINGTON – The Trump administration says it was forced to send 3,000 federal agents to conduct wholesale apprehensions of immigrants in Minnesota because the state is a “sanctuary” that does not follow federal law and impedes the work of immigration officials.

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, in a letter to Gov. Tim Walz on Saturday – the day Border Patrol agents fatally shot Alex Pretti – cited as a condition for the removal of federal …

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